Past, present and future perfect

The three hotels featured here are owned by Historic House Hotels. Each is at least 300 years old, and their restoration and conversion into country house hotels has been carried out to historically accurate standards. They have been decorated in a traditional country house style and furnished with antiques, so that the restored buildings look like well-kept, well-furnished private houses. Indeed, there are few privately owned hotels of such charm and historic interest as Hartwell House, Bodysgallen Hall and Middlethorpe Hall.

In the past, each has been home to remarkable people. At Hartwell House, the exiled King Louis XVIII of France lived for five years with his Queen and members of his court. Bodysgallen Hall was the home of the Mostyn family, who have featured prominently in Welsh history, and Middlethorpe Hall was once occupied by the 18th century bluestocking and diarist, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who declared it a ‘very pretty place’.

We can certainly promise you greater comfort than enjoyed by the previous occupants, and we have sought to be faithful to the original atmosphere and style of each house.